City’s sale of Midfield Heights properties begins [Video]

Parcels of a prime 24-acre site went up for sale to developers by the City of Calgary on Tuesday.

The site has been vacant since February 2018, when the last residents of a mobile home community were evicted following a public legal battle.

“There has been a lot of land development work that had to take place,” Mayor Jyoti Gondek said Tuesday.

“There were approvals that had to be done.”

Nearly six-and-a-half years have gone by since the last resident left the park.

Infrastructure had to be removed and some remediation and drainage issues had to be addressed, but Gondek says the process still took too long.

“I don’t believe we’ve moved as quickly as we could on that site,” she said.

“I’m very encouraged to see that there is action taking place now.”

Of the 24 acres that make up the site, 14.23 will eventually be available for mixed-use multi-family development, according to the city’s website.

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